Hamilton hatred

R.P.L · 15 Oct 2020 at 16:17

CaptainRAVE said:
We used to see a lot more personality before his new management took over.

What's the story here? I know nothing about his management. I would have thought that LH would have enough money and power to do what he wanted.

deuse · 16 Oct 2020 at 08:02

robfosters said:
Well this is one thing I agree with him on

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/54470366

He moans about it,
But all the drivers will race there. Double standards.

deuse · 16 Oct 2020 at 08:03

CaptainRAVE said:
We used to see a lot more personality before his new management took over.

Doesn't Hamilton manage himself now?

weringo · 16 Oct 2020 at 22:21

Surprised there's no mention of Spitting Image yet. For anyone still struggling with rationalising the general dislike of Hamilton, the new Spitting Image has done a good job of explaining it.

arknor · 1 Dec 2020 at 16:47

Heard he caught covid from taking the knee, get well soon!

Malevolence · 1 Dec 2020 at 18:45

Wonder how long it'll be until he's bleating on about this being proof that the virus is racist?

MagicBoy · 1 Dec 2020 at 19:06

Can we at least give someone with COVID the benefit of the doubt? If he sticks his foot in it, then fair game...

Bald-Eagle22 · 1 Dec 2020 at 22:07

I think here might be more to this than meets the eye.

Didn’t he do a BBC interview a few weeks back where he admitted that his new contract could involve him not spending as much time with the team for next year ? Odd thing to assume but I wouldn’t put anything past this fool at the moment .

AndyCr15 · 2 Dec 2020 at 08:11

Hamilton is too competitive to miss a race for any reason... no way. He wants all the records.

Hawk Tuah · 2 Dec 2020 at 09:47

AndyCr15 said:
Hamilton is too competitive to miss a race for any reason... no way. He wants all the records.

Agreed. I'd say it's more likely that they knew he'd been in contact with someone who'd shown covid symptoms - but delayed him isolating / having a test until after the race.

Flibster · 2 Dec 2020 at 10:41

Bug One said:
Agreed. I'd say it's more likely that they knew he'd been in contact with someone who'd shown covid symptoms - but delayed him isolating / having a test until after the race.

He had a negative test on Sunday afternoon.

"Lewis was tested three times last week and returned a negative result each time, the last of which was on Sunday afternoon at the Bahrain International Circuit as part of the standard race weekend testing programme.

"However, he woke up on Monday morning with mild symptoms and was informed at the same time that a contact prior to arrival in Bahrain had subsequently tested positive. Lewis therefore took a further test and returned a positive result. This has since been confirmed by a retest.

Terminal_Boy · 2 Dec 2020 at 10:48

AndyCr15 said:
Hamilton is too competitive to miss a race for any reason... no way. He wants all the records.

He won’t be allowed anywhere near the track until he provides several negative test results.

AndyCr15 · 2 Dec 2020 at 12:02

Terminal_Boy said:
He won’t be allowed anywhere near the track until he provides several negative test results.

Yes, I was referring to the person saying it might be a ploy by Hamilton, as in, he didn't really test positive.

this_is_gav · 2 Dec 2020 at 12:37

Malevolence said:
Wonder how long it'll be until he's bleating on about this being proof that the virus is racist?

I don't know if this is still considered true, but I remember in first few months of COVID-19 in the UK the government/scientific advisers were saying it did appear to affect certain ethnic groups worse than some others and that black was among the worst affected.

pallys · 2 Dec 2020 at 22:34

AndyCr15 said:
Yes, I was referring to the person saying it might be a ploy by Hamilton, as in, he didn't really test positive.

It's mandatory testing by FIA, drivers cannot choose not to be tested.

AndyCr15 · 3 Dec 2020 at 17:39

pallys said:
It's mandatory testing by FIA, drivers cannot choose not to be tested.

Okay.... what does that have to do with the point being made... which was, someone suggesting Hamilton was actually 'holding out' to help his contract negotiations and I said he was too competitive to miss a race.

Steampunk · 3 Dec 2020 at 17:50

Knowing Hamilton, if he was just sick, he'd get in the car and race anyway, but he's not allowed to, and doesn't want to get anyone else sick, so he's stuck out of the car until he's better.

Nasher · 3 Dec 2020 at 18:13

Surely the whole team and a bunch of other drivers should also be isolating?

weringo said:
Surprised there's no mention of Spitting Image yet. For anyone still struggling with rationalising the general dislike of Hamilton, the new Spitting Image has done a good job of explaining it.

You mean this?

Deleted member 651465 · 3 Dec 2020 at 21:47

this_is_gav said:
I don't know if this is still considered true, but I remember in first few months of COVID-19 in the UK the government/scientific advisers were saying it did appear to affect certain ethnic groups worse than some others and that black was among the worst affected.

Correct. Black, Asian and minority ethnics (BAME) are at a higher risk.

There’s some good information here: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/

jonneymendoza · 13 Dec 2020 at 16:58

EVH said:
Correct. Black, Asian and minority ethnics (BAME) are at a higher risk.

There’s some good information here: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/

Wasn't this based on the fact that people who live in poverty are more likely that ethnicity?

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